Imdaad, the GCC’s leading integrated facilities management (FM) company based in Dubai, has revealed that it will invest Dh60 million this 2017 to achieve growth via targeted acquisition of local firms.

In 2016, Imdaad acquired a firefighting company and a lifts, installations and maintenance firm as part of its comprehensive expansion approach to widen its scope and services. The Dh60-million investment plan will carry on the objectives of its growth strategy this year. Additionally, the company expects to perform strongly yet again after sealing new major deals with key organizations and renewing agreements with top long-time clientele.

These new developments alongside Imdaad’s latest achievements and industry expectations for 2017 were announced against the background of a rising FM sector in the UAE. Industry estimates put the GCC’s cumulative FM spend at USD 892 billion over the last 25 years, with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE as leaders. Globally, as per a market research report released by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., the FM industry is seen to be worth USD 394.69 billion by 2017.

Jamal Abdullah Lootah, CEO, Imdaad, said: “Although the UAE FM industry is still in its infancy when held up against mature markets such as Europe and North America, it is nonetheless accelerating at unprecedented rate. To capitalize on considerable opportunities in the local and regional FM sectors, we at Imdaad are intensifying our efforts to keep up with the latest trends and developments in these markets, especially in terms of technological innovations.”

“For 2017, we have laid out an all-encompassing roadmap that will ensure both exceptional delivery of services to our clientele and significant contributions to the Emirates’ socio-economic prosperity in line with the goals of UAE Vision 2021. With our new agreements and key investment strategy, we are keen on working with all our partners from the public and private sectors to achieve our development objectives.”

In line with its strategy of maintaining market leadership in introducing pioneering solutions and innovative services, Imdaad has embarked on a number of game-changing initiatives over the past years that have had reshaped the FM market in the UAE. The state-of-the-art Imtedaad, for instance, has become one of the industry’s much-talked-about technological platforms due to its ability to intelligently analyze the performance trends of interconnected assets.